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Broadband in US query - thanks
by Sue Cranmer 07 Jun '04

07 Jun '04

Hello Many thanks for the responses both on and offlist to my query re broadband users, the responses have been really helpful and the references full of interesting material. Warm regards Sue

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When I'll be in jail....
by Antonio Roversi 07 Jun '04

07 Jun '04

will you take me some cookies ? Hi list I am joking of course. But who knows ? This post is to inform you that I have just started a new research I call "Hate on the Net". It's about a phenomenon which is quite widespread on the Internet. Have a look here: http://www.theneworder.org/ just to name one. Or here: http://www.hizbollah.tv/ I think that it is time to do a research like that (hoping not to be tracked down as terrorist or neonazi by the "Agencies"). Any suggestion - about books or essays - will be appreciated (for now). Cookies will be either (just in case....) Regards Antonio -- "I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous" David Bradley, 'Ctrl+Alt+Delete' inventor.

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Re: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #1077 - 1 msg
by Kate Williams 05 Jun '04

05 Jun '04

hi alexandra i'm not a political scientist but I looked at your website, your work looks interesting. have you found tim jordans work on hactivism? i've found it interesting. not my exact area at the moment but still... good luck with your dissertation from someone whos toiling on hers at the moment. kate --On Saturday, June 05, 2004 12:01 PM -0400 air-l-request(a)aoir.org wrote: > http://www.alexandrasamuel.com

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Attention political scientists!
by Alexandra Samuel 04 Jun '04

04 Jun '04

If you are a political scientist working on information technology-related research, please join the Information Technology and Politics section of the American Political Science Association. ITP is in a membership crisis, and we urgently need your support. ITP plays a crucial role in encouraging academic research on the intersection of technology and politics: as a formal section of APSA, we are able to sponsor papers and panels at each meeting. ITP ensures that technology-related papers make it through APSA's very competitive submission process, which in turn ensures that scholars receive institutional support and recognition for their research into information technology and politics. At last year's APSA meeting ITP sponsored panels on topics including "Digital Government Research Trends," "Electronic Campaigning," and "New Frontiers in Activism: On- & Off-line." ITP also sponsors annual web site and instructional software awards, and helps all political scientists improve their use of technology in the classroom. But ITP's membership has dipped below the levels required to maintain our status as a formal APSA section. We need your membership in order to continue our important support for informational technology research and instructional support. If you are already a member of APSA, ITP section membership is only an additional $3 in dues. If you are not currently a member of APSA, please consider joining both APSA and ITP: APSA membership rates are scaled to income, with special rates for students, and APSA membership includes subscriptions to the American Political Science Review, PS: Political Science and Politics, and Perspectives. You can add an ITP membership to your APSA membership -- or join APSA itself -- by visiting the APSA web site: http://www.apsanet.org/myapsa When you have reached your personal APSA page by logging in (or creating a new account), click on "Membership renewal" under "Apply for Additional Services." Adding a section membership will be one of your options. For more information on ITP visit our web site at http://www.apsanet.org/~itp/ Thank you for your support. -- Alexandra Samuel Board member, Information Technology & Politics Section samuel(a)fas.harvard.edu http://www.alexandrasamuel.com

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Development of Skills for teachers to offer online courses
by Toni Valentin 04 Jun '04

04 Jun '04

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Broadband use in US
by Sue Cranmer 03 Jun '04

03 Jun '04

Hello Can anyone point me towards reliable figures for use of broadband (high speed) internet use at home, particularly within families, in the US? Thanks Sue

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Final CfP: "The Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Paradigm", Minitrack, HICSS-38, 2005, Hawaii, USA
by Kai Fischbach 03 Jun '04

03 Jun '04

++ Please note: Updated submission instructions! ++ **************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS "The Peer-to-Peer Paradigm" Minitrack Part of the "Internet and the Digital Economy" Track at the Thirty-eighth Annual HAWAI'I INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES on the Big Island of Hawaii January 3 - 6, 2005 **************************************************** For more information: http://www.wim.uni-koeln.de/p2p/hicss-38/index.htm This minitrack focuses on the analysis of potentials, challenges, recent developments and current research issues applying to the Peer-to-Peer (P2P) paradigm. The term Peer-to-Peer (P2P) refers to the concept that in a network of equals (peers), two or more individuals are able to collaborate spontaneously or share resources without necessarily needing a central coordination. We invite contributions dealing with File Sharing, Grid Computing, Collaboration, and Instant Messaging. Furthermore we have a strong interest in papers regarding the economics of P2P and the intersection of P2P, Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing. The minitrack is interdisciplinary by nature. We invite contributions from a broad spectrum including economics, information systems, information management, and computer sciences in order to incorporate the whole range of economic as well as technical aspects of P2P. We would also like to involve practitioners whose experiences with business applications of P2P could certainly enrich the discussions. The minitrack focuses on but is not limited to the following topics: - Economic analysis of P2P networks - P2P business models - P2P electronic business strategies - P2P applications: file sharing, grid computing, instant messaging, collaboration - Designing P2P information systems: system architectures, products, digital rights management - Experiences with real-world implementations in various domains, i.e. knowledge and content management - Coping with uncertainty: availability of resources and content - Security and trust: identity management, authentication, accountability, reputation, reliability and attack resistance - Payment and currency systems - Metadata: describing the content, quality, condition and other appropriate characteristics of data - Intelligent Agents in P2P Computing - Adoption, integration and utilization of P2P systems by individuals and organizations including user behavior and system performance - Policy and societal issues that need to be addressed and recognized as part of the adoption of P2P networking - Knowledge sharing and communication in global, distributed networks of humans and computers including incentives and disincentives for sharing resources in P2P networks - Management of resources and applications in a globally distributed environment - Accounting and settlement mechanisms - New theories of organizing and coordination in P2P environments - The intersection of P2P, Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing: Working and living environments embedded with computing devices in a seamless, invisible way esp. for spontaneous interaction and machine-to-machine communication IMPORTANT DEADLINES June 15, 2004 Authors submit full manuscripts to paper submission site. August 15, 2004 Minitrack Chairs send notices of accepted manuscripts to Authors. Additional deadlines: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/Hicss38/callforpapers.htm INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSION Authors submit papers to the file submission website. For detailed formatting instructions see: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/Hicss38/author_instructions.htm Do not submit papers directly to the Minitrack Chairs. Papers should contain original material and not be previously published, or currently submitted for consideration elsewhere. CONTACT INFORMATION Detlef Schoder and Kai Fischbach (primary contact) Department of Information Systems and Information Management University of Cologne Pohligstr. 1, 50969 Cologne, Germany Phone: +49 (221) 470-5394 Fax: +49 (221) 470-5393 E-Mail: fischbach(a)wim.uni-koeln.de For the latest information; visit the HICSS web site at: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu HICSS conferences are devoted to advances in the information, computer, and system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and practice. Invited papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in nature. Submissions undergo a peer referee process and those selected for presentation will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Submissions must not have been previously published. CONFERENCE ADMINISTRATION: Ralph Sprague, Conference Chair Email: sprague(a)hawaii.edu Sandra Laney, Conference Administrator Email: hicss(a)hawaii.edu Eileen Dennis, Track Administrator Email: eidennis(a)indiana.edu

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Looking for some empirical data
by LEE JENG HOON 02 Jun '04

02 Jun '04

Hi. I am looking for some empirical data regarding the political usages of the internet and the social impacts. If anyone know anything about it, please let me know. Thank you for your time. Jenghoon Lee _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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Convention Schedule - Media Ecology Association, June 10-13, 2004 Rochester NY
by J Sternberg 02 Jun '04

02 Jun '04

THE FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE MEDIA ECOLOGY ASSOCIATION June 10-13, 2004 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York MEDIA ENVIRONMENTS AND THE LIBERAL ARTS Sponsored by The Department of Communication and The William A. Kern Professor in Communications College of Liberal Arts Rochester Institute of Technology <http://www.media-ecology.org> =================================== PROGRAM SCHEDULE (as of 6/2/04) =================================== THURSDAY, June 10, 2004 2:00-5:30 p.m. Registration (Faculty Commons) 3:00-3:15 SESSIONS Session 1-A The Challenges of Audience as Author: Multiplayer Online Games and Virtual Worlds (Room 06-3201) Moderator: Stephen Jacobs - Rochester Institute of Technology Panelists: Stuart Butterfield - Ludicorp Mary Demarle - Freelance Game Writer Lee Pearson - There.com Session 1-B Music, Poetry and Mediated Expressions (Room 06-3225) Chair: Carl Atkins - Rochester Institute of Technology Composing Music for Electroacoustic Environments Ann Warde - Independent Composer What About the Poetic? Notes on the Relationship between the Musical and the Linguistic in Contemporary Music Culture Jelle Dierickx - University of Ghent Vocal Media Environments Rick Scott - F’loom/ Rochester Institute of Technology Session 1-C Media Environments and Cultural Messages (Room 06-3214) Chair: Keith Jenkins - Rochester Institute of Technology Exhibiting Optimism: The Visual Culture of Early Twentieth-Century Health Exhibits Christine Keiner - Rochester Institute of Technology “Eating the Other”: Simulation, Orientalism, and the Act of Dining Out Carlnita P. Greene - University of Texas, Austin Romance of the Unreal: Three Critical Approaches to Women’s Online Erotica Abigail Derecho - Northwestern University 4:30-5:45 SESSIONS Session 2-A Digital Poetries and Poetics (Room 06-3201) Moderator: John Roche - Rochester Institute of Technology Panelists: Brandon Barr - University of Rochester Stephen Jacobs - Rochester Institute of Technology Linda Reinfeld - Rochester Institute of Technology Session 2-B Globalization and the Media (Room 06-3214) Chair: Dave Newman - Rochester Institute of Technology Critique or Consent? Transgressive Animation and American Power: Re-Viewing The Simpsons and South Park Amit Ray - Rochester Institute of Technology Globalization, Fandom, and “Cyber-Solidarity” Ed Wiltse - Nazareth College Communication/Media as a Leading Component of “DNA” of the “Super-Organism” of Global Human Culture Felix Rizvanov - Rochester Institute of Technology Session 2-C Thickening the Word and the Return of the Trickster (Room 06-3225) Chair: Paul Guzzardo - Humanities Instructional Television Educational Center Participants: Sung Ho Kim - Washington University Brett Murphy - Washington University/Electrolift Productions 5:45-6:15 Welcoming Reception (Faculty Commons) 6:15-6:45 Welcoming Remarks (Room 06-A 205) Glenn Kist - Rochester Institute of Technology Lance Strate - Fordham University 6:45-7:45 Plenary Session: The Computational Mind and the Digitized Society (Room 06-A 205) David R. Olson - University of Toronto =================================== FRIDAY, June 11, 2004 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Registration (Faculty Commons) 9:00-10:15 SESSIONS Session 3-A My Media Ecology Includes Linguistics, Cultural Anthropology, Knowledge Management and Collaboration Studies (Room 06-A 205) Chair: James C. Morrison - Emerson College Presenter: Robert K. Logan - University of Toronto Respondent: James C. Morrison - Emerson College Session 3-B Community Building and Media Environments (Room 06-3201) Chair: Cheryl Casey - New York University Gecyberschaft: Trusting Our Symbols with Our Lives Mary Ann Allison - New York University Community Media Empowerment Margot Hardenbergh - Fordham University The Bhangra Wave Anjali Gera - Indian Institute of Technology Managing the MEA Online Community Janet Sternberg - Fordham University 10:30-11:45 SESSIONS Session 4-A Media Environments and Literacy Issues (Room 06-A205) Chair: Mark Lipton - University of Toronto Media Literacy: Integrating Technological and Communication Competencies in K-12 Education Ann Giralico Pearlman - Empire State College Virtual Language: Altered Functions of Language in Transforming Space and Shaping Information Chris Burnett - Visual Studies Workshop Nationwide Technological Illiteracy and What the Tech! Can One Radio Show Save the Country? Stephen Jacobs - Rochester Institute of Technology When is Now? Twenty First Century High School Mark Lipton - University of Toronto Session 4-B New Approaches to Media Ecology (Room 06-3201) Chair: Thomas F. Gencarelli - Montclair State University Ambient Video: The Transformation of the Domestic Cinematic Experience Jim Bizzocchi - Simon Fraser University Formula for a Fuhrer: Idolatry Made Easy in a Culture of Irrationality and Spectacle Arthur W. Hunt, III - Geneva College From Secondary Orality to Secondary Literacy James C. Morrison - Emerson College Rhetoric and Orality in a Mass-Technological Society Stephen Weinstock - Independent Scholar Session 4-C Social Issues and Technology (Room 06-3252) Chair: Grant Cos - Rochester Institute of Technology General Guidelines for the Investigation of Technology Boris Hellmann - SUNY Buffalo Sticks and Carrots: Global Rules, Local Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Eastern Asian Nations Jack Rosenberry - St. John Fisher College Recreational Surveillance and Social Interaction Stacy Rosenberg - New York University Destruction of Communication Skills Due to Overabundance of Information on the Internet Jordan P. Curtis - SUNY Postsdam 12:00-1:15 Lunch Break (On Your Own) 12:00-2:45 MEA Board Meeting 1:30- 2:45 ACTIVITIES Tour of Cary Collection (please sign up) (2nd Floor, Wallace Library) Nature Walk (along RIT’s Nature Trail) Music Presentation: Catastrophe and Cooperation: Interactive Music Systems that Shape Communication Networks Among Performers (Room 06-A 205) Ann Warde - Independent Composer 3:00-4:15 Plenary Session: The Future of Literature in Digital Environments (Room 06-A 205) Moderator: John Roche - Rochester Institute of Technology Panelists: Twyla Gibson - University of Toronto Marjorie C. Luesebrink - Electronic Literature Organization Marla Schweppe - Rochester Institute of Technology 4:30-5:45 SESSIONS Session 5-A Weblogs and Cross-Disciplinary Communication (Room 06-A 205) Moderator: Elizabeth Lane Lawley - Rochester Institute of Technology Panelists: Alexander Halavais - SUNY Buffalo Sébastien Paquet - National Research Council of Canada Clay Shirky - New York University Jill Walker - University of Bergen Session 5-B Media Ecology and Education in a Technological Society (Room 06-3201) Moderator: Casey Man Kong Lum - William Paterson University Panelists: Joyce Hanks - University of Scranton Mary Alice Shaver - University of Central Florida Lance Strate - Fordham University Session 5-C Images and Visual Media Environments (Room 06-3225) Chair: Susan Jasko - California University of Pennsylvania The Rhetoric of Material Information, or the Digitized Body Lisa Hermsen - Rochester Institute of Technology Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Strong, Brave, Resourceful--What’s a Girl to Do? Female Identity and the New Mythos Susan Jasko - California University of Pennsylvania Filming the Catastrophe: Representing Trauma in Film Marie Lovrod - Five Colleges Women’s Studies Research Center Traumatic Pedagogy: Images and Metaphor Jessica Lieberman - Rochester Institute of Technology 5:45-6:45 Reception (Faculty Commons) 7:00-8:15 Keynote Address: The Gamers’ Renaissance: Co-Authoring Reality for the Fun of It (Ingle Auditorium, Student Alumni Union) Douglas Rushkoff - New York University 8:15 Multimedia Event: String and Brush Mediated Sentinel (Outdoors) W. Michelle Harris - Rochester Institute of Technology =================================== SATURDAY, June 12, 2004 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Registration (Faculty Commons) 9:00-10:15 SESSIONS Session 6-A Media Ecology: Theoretical Directions (Room 06-3201) Chair: Thomas F. Gencarelli - Montclair State University The Cellphone as a Cultural Disturbance Elizabeth Fitzgerald - Fordham University Tao of Media Ecology Paul Grosswiler - University of Maine Taoism, Media Ecology, and the Reason Why the West Just Can’t ‘Dig It’ Megan Rogers - Fordham University King Spoil-Sport: The Death and Resurrection of the Global Shaman Kyle Outlaw - New York University Session 6-B Cultural Messages and Media Environments (Room 06-A205) Chair: Corey Anton - Grand Valley State University Visual “Re-Enactments” and the Role of Spectatorship in Telling the News John Huxford - Villanova University Louis E. Lomax and Coverage of the Black Muslims: How a Documentary on a Separatist Movement Opened the Broadcast News Arena to African Americans Clarence Cotton, Jr. - Hampton University Theme Parks as Sacred Places and Commercial Sanctuaries Kip Redick - Christopher Newport University Edmund Carpenter: Maverick Anthropologist and Media Ecology Pioneer Harald E. L. Prins - Kansas State University Cultural Identities and Digital Environments María de la Luz Casas Pérez - Instituto Tecnológico, Campus Morelos, México Session 6-C Media Ecology at the Movies (Room 06-3225) Chair: Edward A. Wachtel - Fordham University Beneath the Surface of American Beauty Eirini Konstantinidou - Fordham University Thus Spake the Prophet: The Drama of Systems in Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America” Jessica Knapp - Fordham University Orson Welles as Medium Theorist Paul Heyer - Wilfrid Laurier University Cinesthetic Memory: Towards a Phenomenological Ethnography of Film Viewing Kevin Taylor Anderson - University of Massachusetts, Amherst 10:30-11:45 SESSIONS Session 7-A Natural and Visual Ecologies (Room 06-3201) Moderator: Raymond Gozzi, Jr. - Ithaca College Panelists: Susan B. Barnes - Rochester Institute of Technology Chad Okrusch - University of Oregon Wendy Snetsinger - Pennsylvania State University Session 7-B New Media Environments (Room 06-3225) Chair: Davis Foulger - Evolutionary Media Transient Reformations: Transforming Place Through Projection W. Michelle Harris - Rochester Institute of Technology Improvisational Comedy and the Internet Susan Jacobson - Marymount Manhattan College Blogs: A First Person Narrative in Real Time Elouise Oyzon - Rochester Institute of Technology The Creation of a Performance Medium: But Is It a Video Game or a Role-Playing Game? Chad Tew - University of Southern Indiana Session 7-C “Toronto School of Communication”: Canadian Contributions to Media Ecology (Room 06-A205) Moderator: Mark Lipton - University of Toronto Panelists: Donald J. Gillies - Ryerson University Liss Jeffrey - University of Toronto Alexander Kuskis - Royal Roads University Robert K. Logan - University of Toronto 12:00-1:00 Buffet Luncheon (Outside Building 6) Sponsored by the Kern Professor in Communications, Rochester Institute of Technology 1:15-2:45 Tribute to Neil Postman (Room 06-A205) Moderator: Janet Sternberg - Fordham University Panelists: Susan B. Barnes - Rochester Institute of Technology Thomas F. Gencarelli - Montclair State University Casey Man Kong Lum - William Paterson University Edward A. Wachtel - Fordham University 3:00-4:15 SESSIONS Session 8-A Workshop: Paradise Lost (and Found) in Translation: Drawing from the Liberal Arts and Using Skits in Re-Mapping Our Media Environment (Room 06-3214) Fred Cheyunski - Rohm and Haas Company Session 8-B Reevaluating Goffman in the Context of New Technologies (Room 06- 3225) Chair: Brian Cogan - Molloy College Framing the Future: A Frame Analysis of the Discourse of the “Electronic Frontier” Luiz Carlos Baptista - Catholic University, Lisbon Misbehavior in Public Places: Goffman’s Analysis of Situational Improprieties Janet Sternberg - Fordham University Erving Goffman as Media Ecologist: Re-Framing the Interdiscipline Liss Jeffrey - University of Toronto Framing the Useful: A Frame Analysis of the Introduction of the Personal Computer Brian Cogan - Molloy College Session 8-C Tribute to Walter Ong (Room 06-A205) Moderator: Lance Strate - Fordham University Panelists: Twyla Gibson - University of Toronto Vincent Hevern, SJ - Le Moyne College Anthony Palmeri - University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh Lori Ramos - William Paterson University Thomas D. Zlatic - Saint Louis College of Pharmacy 4:30-5:15 Plenary Session: Renegotiating the Social Contract: The Rise of the Technology of Distrust (Room 06-A205) Gary Gumpert - Communication Landscapers Susan Drucker - Hofstra University 5:30-6:15 Presidential Address: The Persistence of the Word (Room 06-A205) Lance Strate - Fordham University 6:15-7:00 Presentation of the MEA Awards (Room 06-A205) 7:00-8:15 Plenary Session: The Interface between Writing and Art (Room 06-A205) Denise Schmandt-Besserat - University of Texas, Austin 8:15-9:30 Reception (Faculty Commons) =================================== SUNDAY, June 13, 2004 10:00-11:30 MEA Business Meeting (1824 Room, Student Alumni Union) Moderator: Casey Man Kong Lum - William Paterson University All are welcome to attend 11:45-1:00 Plenary Session: The Future of the Internet and Digital Media (1824 Room, Student Alumni Union) Moderator: Susan B. Barnes - Rochester Institute of Technology Panelists: Ronald J. Deibert - University of Toronto Gary Gumpert - Communication Landscapers Liss Jeffrey - University of Toronto Mary Madden - Pew Internet & American Life Project 1:00 Closing Remarks 1:15 Convention Adjourns =================================== REGISTRATION INFORMATION Convention Fees for MEA Members US $40 Member Registration (on-site) US $20 Student Registration (full-time student ID required) Convention Fees for Non-Members US $60 Convention Registration Only US $25 Student Convention Registration Only MEA Membership Fees (January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004) US $40 Membership US $20 Student Membership (full-time student ID required) Sessions will be held on the RIT Campus. Directions to the RIT Campus are available at <http://www.rit.edu/~960www/information/directions.shtml>. The conference hotel, located on the RIT Campus, is the Radisson Hotel Rochester Airport. Free shuttle service is available between the Rochester airport and the hotel. Please mention MEA when making hotel reservations to receive the convention rate. Radisson Hotel Rochester Airport 175 Jefferson Rd. Rochester, NY 14623 800-333-3333 toll free 585-475-1910 | 585-475-9633 fax <RHI_RONY {at} Radisson.com> Questions? Contact the Convention Coordinator: Sue Barnes Communication Dept. Rochester Institute of Technology 92 Lomb Memorial Dr. Rochester, NY 14623-5604 585-475-4695 voice | 585-475-7732 fax <sbbgpt {at} rit.edu> News and information about the event is also available at the Convention Blog <http://www.rit.edu/~sbbgpt/mea-rit> and at the MEA Web site <<http://www.media-ecology.org>. ===================================

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RE: [Air-l] Looking for some empirical data
by Julio Meneses Naranjo 02 Jun '04

02 Jun '04

Hi Jenghoon, *I am looking for some empirical data regarding the *political usages of the *internet and the social impacts. I'm not working at this area but maybe you could go for a walk on the pew internet website where I read this report a year ago: http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=85 Hope it helps, *If anyone know anything about it, please let me know. *Thank you for your time. * * *Jenghoon Lee * *___________________________________________________________ *______ *Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online *http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 * * *_______________________________________________ *Air-l mailing list *Air-l(a)aoir.org *http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l _________________________________________________________ Julio Meneses Knowledge Society Program Ph D. Candidate Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3 - UOC) Research Staff Project Internet Catalonia (PIC) - School on the Network Society (http://www.uoc.edu/in3/pic/)

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